Subject: Apostles, Prophets? An Office for Today? |
Bible Note: Justme, thank you for the references... I have actually seen most of these on my own before, but what confuses me is that some of the bold statements made, saying they don't believe Christ is the Redeemer and was resurected, is not supported by any of these writtings, they all support the Redeemer and Resurection... I think the funniest thing is when I try and explain my job, I'm a Combat Engineer in the US Army, to a civilian who has no understanding of the Military Languague... I compare this to that of the religions of the world... especially the LDS Church... if I've never been explained to, their definition of a certain word, I would assume that they are flangelant and completely wrong... What does this phrase mean to you...? "I'm an E-1, before I can be promoted I need X amount of P-Points, X amount of time in service, I must attend PLDC, pass my APFT, go through and intview at a battalion promotion board, and be slotted in my Company for promotion, and be recomended by my chain of command." Sure, you may understand some of these, like Promotion, Interview, Recomended... but what is an APFT? or PLDC? and P-Points? if you've never learned about the Army you cannot understand what this means... I feel the same is to religious members to people not in their sect/denomination/cult what ever you so may place on them... The Mormon definition of Salvation is equal the Army definition of a Promotion... now as a Private E-1 it is Impossible to be promoted from a Private... Promotions take place when you become a Non Commissioned Office, NCO, you may become a Speacialist, E-4, but that is an Advancement, not a promotion, it takes all the same aspects of a Promotion but teachnically is not and does not have all of the same expectations and responcibilities Now, my point, the Mormon definition of Salvation is equal to what the rest of the world calls Sanctification... and every church I've studied believes Sanctification can only be obtained through their Church... so where are the Mormons so wrong in their understanding of salvation? They are not, everyone else is either in the Navy, Marines, AirForce, or are civilians and just doesn't completely understand their Lingo which is a cause for many of these type of accusations... Justme, I do not understand your point of these referances since what I read in the Bible is not compromised by these quotes... please explain... I eargerly await your reply, Joe |